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Tri-State Students Experience Iowa Caucuses

A group of Tri-State high school students is getting to experience the Iowa caucuses firsthand.

Forty-six students from Taylor High School's Advanced Placement History and Government class boarded a bus on Saturday to make the 11-hour trip to Des Moines.

They're experiencing what it's like for the candidates on the campaign trail, how the media covers the caucuses and how Iowans feel about being the first to choose in this presidential election year.

"Back at home, when we just see the candidates on TV, it's not really real. But being here actually makes this election and the political process real," said student Brandy Crouse.

On Monday, the students attended a really for Republican candidate Ron Paul.

Teachers Mandy Bowen and Mike Voynovich first took their students to Iowa in 2008, where the students got to mingle with the presidential candidates, and even met the eventual winner of the 2008 election, President Barack Obama.

"Our primary process in Ohio is so profoundly different. You know, the venues are large with several thousand people. You don't get that intimate event like you get in Des Moines, and that's awesome for these kids," Bowen said.

The students' experience doesn't end in Iowa. They will also get to attend the presidential inauguration in 2013.

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